Houston, We Had A Dynasty - Officially Retired

[Andrew]

Shame about the loss as that's ended any chance of equaling or besting the 22 game streak, but I expect you'll still be able to finish with a stellar record and homecourt advantage throughout the Playoffs.

[rise]

Seemed like a pretty crazy game in Denver. Shame it ended in a loss. If you can win every game for the rest of the season, you can tie the Bulls' record! 72-10!

[Axel The Great]

Andrew, unfortunately, win streak can't be passed, like you said. I've already clinched a playoff berth and the division, so another 60-win season is my goal here.

z02, unfortunately, from the upcoming three-game recap, it's not happening.

[George7]

Wow! On every video game Denver ,and especially Melo ,is a really tough opponent...

As for the other game. Nice easy win there.

You fixed your 4th quarter struggle as well,though on the loss Denver was just better, even for a little while.

Hopefully you can end up with a pretty great record,maybe around 65 wins ,which will give you the total advantage on the playoffs.

[Axel The Great]

3-Game Recap

[52-10] Houston Rockets 108-87 Sacramento Kings [24-35]


Amar'e is the only one standing in Kevin Martin's way of a scoring title, and holding Stat to 4 points is a huge step forward.

A lot can be said about this game. Ok, for half of it. The Kings played well in the first half offensively. They were running their offense through Omri Casspi, who had a 22-point first half. Raymond Felton was also scoring in bunches, but in the second half, that all changed. In the third quarter, the Rockets bench was playing bad, so Rick Adelman got the starters back in, and they took care of business. They limited the Kings to 14 third quarter points, while dumping 27, and 28 in the fourth quarter. Amar'e Stoudemire spent the whole game in foul trouble, which explains his miserable 4 points.

Back to what I said about Casspi, he was held to only 2 points in the entire second half. Now that's defense right there. Aaron Brooks got his first double-double in a while, and Kevin Martin dumped 34 points.

SPOTG-

Kevin Martin
34 points | 3 reb | 3 ast | 2 blk | 1 stl

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 34
Kings: Omri Casspi and Raymond Felton- 24

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 7
Kings: Spencer Hawes- 11

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 10
Kings: Raymond Felton- 6

Box Score-
28 25 27 28 108
23 27 14 23 87

[53-10] Houston Rockets 102-93 Golden State Warriors [30-31]


Despite Ellis's huge game offensively, Clutch's Warriors couldn't get the job done.

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Jordan Hill is rapidly becoming known as a great interior defender, and shows Ellis some of that defense here.

A very fast paced game this was, like any other Warriors game. However, in the fourth quarter, the Rockets controlled the tempo. With the tempo slowed to halfcourt, the Rockets pulled out many defensive stops, and the Warriors' inability to get one themselves showed. Stephen Curry shot poorly, not even his wide open shots went down, but he still managed 17 points. Monta Ellis on the other hand dropped 39, and despite that the Warriors came up short, because of their lack of defense.

SPOTG-

Aaron Brooks
12 points | 7 ast | 3 reb | 2 blk | 1 stl

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 28
Warriors: Monta Ellis- 39

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 12
Warriors: Ronnie Turiaf- 16

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 7
Warriors: Stephen Curry- 10

Box Score-
25 24 25 28 102
21 25 22 23 93


Ray Allen posterizes Corey Maggette.

[54-10] Houston Rockets 89-92 Orlando Magic [35-29]


Much to the Rockets dismay, Jameer Nelson returned from injury a month before he was expected to return.

A tremendously terrible fourth quarter made all the difference here. That, and Brandon Bass. He scored 22 points (on a perfect 11-11 shooting), and grabbed 10 boards, making up for Dwight Howard's lack of interior scoring. Jameer Nelson also showed up, scoring 25 and dishing 8. Using his big body, he was able to penetrate easily, getting past Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry the whole game. The Rockets just couldn't buy a bucket in the fourth quarter. They got to the line, but made only 4 field goals in the fourth.

"I was in the zone. My teammates were helping me out, and it's a great feeling to perform that well against the reigning champs," Brandon Bass said after the game. "I'm glad that my teammates were able to make up for my absence because of foul trouble, and we got an emphatic win," said Dwight Howard. Despite the foul trouble, he picked up a team high 13 boards. "When everyone becomes inconsistent at crunch time, it's a recipe for disaster," said a tired Yao Ming after the game. The Magic have claimed the season series over the Rockets, the first team to do so this season.

SPOTG-

Brandon Bass
22 points | 10 reb | 1 ast | 1 blk | 1 stl

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 27
Magic: Jameer Nelson- 25

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 7
Magic: Dwight Howard- 13

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 6
Magic: Jameer Nelson- 8

Box Score-
26 24 27 12 89
26 25 24 17 92


Brandon Bass's flawless game took down the Rockets, surprisingly.
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And so the countdown 'til the end of the regular season begins, 17 more games to go. Also thinking about doing more "Rockets Stories".
Next 5 games-
@76ers
@Wizards
@Suns
@Jazz
@Thunder

[Axel The Great]

Wow! On every video game Denver ,and especially Melo ,is a really tough opponent...

As for the other game. Nice easy win there.

You fixed your 4th quarter struggle as well,though on the loss Denver was just better, even for a little while.

Hopefully you can end up with a pretty great record,maybe around 65 wins ,which will give you the total advantage on the playoffs.

Denver is tough, especially in Live 10, where backcourt players (or shooters) thrive. The TrailBlazers game wasn't as easy, Rudy Gay dunked all over my defense.

A 60-win season is within reach, but performances like we had against the Magic won't help us reach that.

[Martti.]

You seem to have no answer against Orlando, but at least you don't have to face them anymore.

[George7]

What did i tell you? Take care of your 4th quarters! You really spoil all your effort on the rest of the game!

As for the rest games. Amazing defense on the 1st game!holding Amare to just 4 points is an amazing job. While on the other game,their good was just not enough for your great on offense! Great job winning against the theoritically inferior opponents. Those games are must wins if you want to get a great record

[Andrew]

Great effort to get Amar'e into foul trouble and out of sync offensively. Shame about the fourth quarter meltdown against the Magic though.

[kibaxx7]

That's the Warriors look I like

[Axel The Great]

You seem to have no answer against Orlando, but at least you don't have to face them anymore.

Yeah, on the positive side. Thanks to those two wins, they're first in the East.

What did i tell you? Take care of your 4th quarters! You really spoil all your effort on the rest of the game!

As for the rest games. Amazing defense on the 1st game!holding Amare to just 4 points is an amazing job. While on the other game,their good was just not enough for your great on offense! Great job winning against the theoritically inferior opponents. Those games are must wins if you want to get a great record

Yeah, 4th quarters are beginning to haunt me, especially since they were fairly easy earlier on in the season.

I agree, you can't get anywhere in the NBA if you're not beating the teams you're supposed to be beating.

Great effort to get Amar'e into foul trouble and out of sync offensively. Shame about the fourth quarter meltdown against the Magic though.

Holding down Amar'e isn't easy, especially since he's the leading scorer in the NBA. Hard to believe I crashlanded against Orlando, I had full control of that game up until the fourth.

That's the Warriors look I like

Wait, what Warriors look?

Thanks for the feedback guys. I've had better days than this, but at least I only have one more day of school before going out for Thanksgiving. 3-game Recap should be up in a few minutes.

[Axel The Great]

3-Game Recap

[54-11] Houston Rockets 106-93 Philadelphia 76ers [27-39]


Andre Iguodala scored 37 points on jacking up a bunch of threes!

During a timeout, we listened in on Doug Collins' words to Andre Iguodala: "Stop jacking up threes out there, who do you think you are, Antoine Walker? Shot selection's killing us out there!" Yeah, that explains the game, shades of Antoine Walker in AI#2. Yao Ming had his best game of the season by far, see below for his stats:

SPOTG-

Yao Ming
27 points | 8 reb | 2 blk | 1 ast

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 28
76ers: Andre Iguodala- 37

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 8
76ers: Samuel Dalembert- 10

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 10
76ers: Jrue Holiday- 10

Box Score-
27 18 36 25 106
23 22 29 19 93


Best game ever!

[55-11] Houston Rockets 100-87 Washington Wizards [35-31]


Chuck Hayes knocking down a jumpshot at the buzzer just shows how bad the Wizards' defense was.

The Rockets clearly outplayed the Wizards this game. Despite a good game by Randy Foye (29 points), Gilbert Arenas did not show up, scoring only 13 points.

SPOTG-

Kevin Martin
32 points | 4 reb | 3 stl

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 32
Wizards: Randy Foye- 29

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 10
Wizards: Andray Blatche- 9

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 5
Wizards: Mike Miller, Gilbert Arenas, and Randy Foye- 5

Box Score-
25 23 28 24 100
20 17 30 20 87

[56-11] Houston Rockets 98-89 Phoenix Suns [54-17]


If Nash would just retire, I wouldn't have to endure watching him drop 18 dimes on me.

A match-up between two teams who have already clinched a playoff berth, and their division. It was somewhat interesting, but like the game against the 76ers, bad shot selection killed the Suns. They sparked a good comeback in the fourth, but Kevin Martin ended the Rockets' 2 minute scoring drought, ultimately stealing POTG honors from Steve Nash (15 points, 18 assists).

SPOTG-

Kevin Martin
29 points | 4 reb | 4 ast | 1 blk

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 29
Suns: Jason Richardson- 23

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 12
Suns: Robin Lopez- 15

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 6
Suns: Steve Nash- 18

Box Score-
24 30 24 20 98
31 16 16 26 89


The Chuckwagon is beginning to become more consistent offensively.
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There you have it, 14 more games. As you can see, the recaps were a bit rushed, since I've got many things to get out of the way today, but starting tomorrow, I will hopefully be bringing loads of updates.

[Lamrock]

here's hoping you can finish the season on a 13-1 roll.

[Andrew]

Good to see you back on a winning streak and gearing up for a strong finish; can't see you finishing with less than 60 wins at this point. At least Nash didn't drop 30+ on you, certainly not an uncommon occurrence in NBA Live.

[rise]

[

Nice winning streak man. No hard feelings on you beating down my Suns. yet

I'd like to see Iggy's box scores. What does it say? 8-35 from 3-point land??

At least Nash didn't drop 30+ on you, certainly not an uncommon occurrence in NBA Live.

With me controlling Nash, it happens nearly every game. With the computer controlling Nash, it really happens every game!

[kibaxx7]

I want to see some pics of Hayes shooting free throws.

[Axel The Great]

here's hoping you can finish the season on a 13-1 roll.

Wait, why 13-1? Why not 14-0, or something like that?

Good to see you back on a winning streak and gearing up for a strong finish; can't see you finishing with less than 60 wins at this point. At least Nash didn't drop 30+ on you, certainly not an uncommon occurrence in NBA Live.

60 wins are within reach. I've actually never had Nash drop 30+ on me iirc. He's more concerned with passing in Live 10.

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Nice winning streak man. No hard feelings on you beating down my Suns. yet

I'd like to see Iggy's box scores. What does it say? 8-35 from 3-point land??

At least Nash didn't drop 30+ on you, certainly not an uncommon occurrence in NBA Live.

With me controlling Nash, it happens nearly every game. With the computer controlling Nash, it really happens every game!

Iggy went 3/10 from behind the arc. Doesn't seem that bad, but if you consider Iggy isn't the best three-point shooter, jacking up threes when he sucks at them makes him another Antoine Walker.

I want to see some pics of Hayes shooting free throws.

I have one pic:

That's pretty much it. It's hard to get him to the line though, since he's the fifth option when he's on the floor.

[Axel The Great]

2-Game Recap

[57-11] Houston Rockets 111-85 Utah Jazz [28-39]


A normal defensive possession for the Jazz, non-sturdy defense.

The pic above basically describes the whole game. The Jazz couldn't keep up with the Rockets, not even their bench. Turrible offense also killed the Jazz. Other than Deron Williams (35 pts), no one else carried the scoring load, and the Jazz were just demolished in their homecourt. "They ruined our perfect record early in the season, I guess this is payback for what happened," said Donte Greene, who had 10 points off the bench.

SPOTG-

Yao Ming
21 points | 8 reb

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 27
Jazz: Deron Williams- 35

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming- 8
Jazz: Al Jefferson- 11

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks- 7
Jazz: Ronnie Price- 10

Box Score-
31 27 30 23 111
24 16 20 25 85

[58-11] Houston Rockets 93-104 Seattle Super Sonics [41-27]/Oklahoma City Thunder


Rookie memories for Durant?

The Rockets seem to have no answer for the Thunder. Despite having size advantage in the frontcourt, the Thunder still prevailed. How? Foul trouble. They got Yao in foul trouble early in the first. Yao has shown this season that a first quarter jumpstart is what leads to excellent games. Scott Brooks obviously studied that, and his team got right to work on Yao. Yao only put up 10 points and seven boards, and eight of his points came from the line.

Kevin Martin also had a sub-par game. He attempted more shots than points scored, and he scored 29 (on 12/30 shooting). Miserable. The fact that Aaron Brooks had a decent 13-point game is probably the only plus side, and Scola dishing five assists. "If we're able to beat the defending champions twice in a row, I'm sure we can get far in the playoffs," said a confident LeBron James, who completely bothered Kevin Martin's offensive rhythm the whole game. "They were clearly not ready to play. Getting this much needed win going into the playoffs is huge," Kevin Durant said.

"An off-night. Happens to everyone. I was just jacking up shots out there, I guess in anger that it just wasn't my night," Kevin Martin said after the game. These two teams play again in the same place the day after tomorrow, whatever score wasn't settled in this game will most likely be settled next game.

SPOTG-

Russell Westbrook
24 points | 10 ast | 5 reb

Top Scorers-
Rockets: Kevin Martin- 29
Thunder: Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Jeff Green- 24

Board Crashers-
Rockets: Yao Ming and Chuck Hayes- 7
Thunder: Ambrosse Rutherford- 12

Assists-
Rockets: Aaron Brooks and Luis Scola- 5
Thunder: Russell Westbrook- 10

Box Score-
24 23 19 27 93
23 28 24 29 104


Heheh... LeBron in a Sonics jersey.


All season Martin has shot over 50% from the field, this game, he just started jacking up shots.


Early foul trouble was probably the deciding factor of the game.
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[Andrew]

I'm guessing 70's out of the question, but I'd pick you to finish with around 65, 66 wins at this point, which of course is still a great regular season record. Atrocious defense by the Jazz there.

[kibaxx7]

I predicted 55-65 wins back when the season started!

[George7]

Tough loss there.Though it seems that the best record on the league is yours for sure!

[rise]

I say 67 wins! Good luck on the next 12 games, you'll win 9 of them!

[Axel The Great]

I'm guessing 70's out of the question, but I'd pick you to finish with around 65, 66 wins at this point, which of course is still a great regular season record. Atrocious defense by the Jazz there.

I'm way ahead of everyone atm. The Jazz defense was inexistent, but there's also the fact that Donte Greene is one of my best backdoor cutters.

I predicted 55-65 wins back when the season started!

I'll have to lose at least 5 more games, which I guess is possible.

Tough loss there.Though it seems that the best record on the league is yours for sure!

Definitely. The 16-game win streak a while back really helped me towards this awesome record.

I say 67 wins! Good luck on the next 12 games, you'll win 9 of them!

As long as I don't have a 69-win season, I'm ok.

Monthly report is next, and then a 2-game recap.

[Axel The Great]

March Summary

Players of the Month-
East Player: Derrick Rose- 25.4 ppg, 7.1 apg, 1 bpg
East Rookie: Elmo Ellison [IND]- 13.4 ppg, 1.1 bpg, 1.4 spg
West Player: Channing Frye- 17.8 ppg, 10 rpg, 2.1 bpg, 1.7 spg
West Rookie: Amory Miller [LAC]- 14.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 1.4 spg

MVP Candidates-
Channing Frye- 17.4 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.9 bpg, 1.3 spg
Steve Nash- 23.7 ppg, 9.3 apg, 1.2 spg
Amar'e Stoudemire [SAC]- 28.3 ppg, 12.1 rpg, 2.1 bpg, 1 spg
Chris Bosh [MIN]- 25.6 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 1.7 bpg, 1.1 spg
Chris Paul- 27.2 ppg, 8.2 apg, 1.7 spg

League Leaders-
Scoring- Amar'e Stoudemire[SAC](28.3), Kevin Martin(27.9), Chris Paul(27.2), Ben Gordon(26.8), Danny Granger(26.2)
Rebounding- Al Jefferson(13), Brook Lopez and Tim Duncan(12.4), Channing Frye(12.2), Amar'e Stoudemire(12.1)
Assists- Russell Westbrook(10.1), Tyreke Evans, Steve Nash and Jose Calderon(9.3), Baron Davis(8.7)
Steals- Gerald Wallace, Dwyane Wade, Devin Harris, Baron Davis, and Danny Granger (1.8)
Blocks- Roy Hibbert and Joel Przybilla[DET](2.6), Dwight Howard, Jermaine O'Neal[MIA] and Tyson Chandler[CHA](2.5)

Standings-
East-
Magic 38-31*
Pacers 38-32*
Pistons 37-33
Raptors 36-34*
Heat 35-34
Bucks 35-34
Wizards 35-35
Bulls 34-35
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Bobcats 33-37
Knicks 32-37
Cavs 32-38
Nets 32-39
Celtics 31-40
76ers 28-43
Hawks 26-44

West-
Rockets 58-12**
Suns 54-19**
Thunder 42-27*
Lakers 40-30
Clippers 40-31
Nuggets 37-33
Blazers 37-33
Warriors 35-34
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T-Wolves 34-37
Grizzlies 33-38
Hornets 31-41
Kings 28-40
Spurs 29-43
Jazz 28-42
Mavs 24-46

Notes:
*- Denotes division leader
extra *- clinched playoff berth
Players without team tags are still with their teams from real life.

[rise]

Channing Frye for MVP!